We live in a culture that, for many historical and economic reasons, pathologizes many of the normal processes and responses of human growth and development— especially for women. The cultural reasons for this are deeply embedded in a 6,000 year-old process of systematic overrun of indigenous peoples by a culture based on exploitative, empire-building patriarchal values. Daniel Quinn, in his aw...

Molecular evolution is the change of amino acid composition at locus specific positions of proteins for maintaining structural and functional integrity over long periods of time. In orthologous protein sets, adapted in different environmental conditions such as normal, high temperature and high ionic condition might have different or identical evolutionary characters. To understand the basis of...

The optimization of process conditions for the degradation of Acid Blue 193 by UV/peroxydisulfate was investigated using response surface methodology (RSM). The effects of four parameters namely initial K2S2O8 concentration, UV irradiation, temperature, and initial dye concentration on two process responses, color removal and the rate constants of the first-order kinetic equations, were investi...

UNLABELLED Theme: Cross-cultural nursing. INTRODUCTION Preterm infants have to acquire neurological skills to begin breast or bottle feeding. The literature review suggested the need of a tool to assess the readiness of preterm infants for the transition from tube to oral feeding. Currently, there is not such a tool in the Italian context. AIM To perform the cross-cultural validation of POF...

Introduction: The most important environmental problem of automotive industries is the produced wastewater due to its various processes. The flocculation and coagulation along with chemical sequestration are among important processes for removing contaminants from wastewaters. The aim of this study is to investigate the efficiency of coagulation and flocculation process along with chemical sequ...

objective(s): reliability measures precision or the extent to which test results can be replicated. this is the first ever systematic review to identify statistical methods used to measure reliability of equipment measuring continuous variables. this studyalso aims to highlight the inappropriate statistical method used in the reliability analysis and its implication in the medical practice.   m...

A photocatalytic reactor with UV/TiO2 was used for the posttreatment of olive mill wastewater after anaerobic digestion. A factorial experimental design was adopted to determine the statistical significance of each parameter tested, namely, initial chemical oxygen demand (COD), pH, treatment time and recirculation flow and possible interactions in three response variables: phenols, color and CO...

The oxidation of organic compounds and color removal of a synthetic dyeing effluent when treated with a combination of Fenton’s Reagent and biological oxidation in a sequencing batch reactor was evaluated in this work. A central composite design approach was used to find the best conditions of temperature, hydrogen peroxide and ferrous ion concentrations that maximize color and dissolved organi...